Apparatus for measuring an analyte in an eye fluid

US8057041B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EYESENSE GMBH · CH

Inventors

• Achim Müller · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Peter Herbrechtsmeier · Königstein, DE
• Klaus Haberstroh · Stockach, DE
• Roman Gruler · Rottweil, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 23, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2560/0223
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention proposes a manual measuring appliance (112) and an analytical measuring system (110) which can be used to measure at least one analyte in an eye fluid of an eye (114). The handheld measuring appliance (112) comprises a measuring system (120) and a positioning system (122). The measuring system (120) can measure at least one property of the at least one analyte and/or at least one analyte-dependent change of property of at least one ocular sensor (116) in the eye fluid, and this can be used to infer a concentration of the analyte in the eye fluid. The positioning system (122) is set up to measure a spatial positioning, wherein the spatial positioning comprises a distance between at least one measurement location in the eye (114) and the handheld measuring appliance (112) and also furthermore at least one further positioning co-ordinate. The positioning system (122) comprises at least one of the following systems: a camera system, particularly a monocular or binocular camera system, having at least one camera (410; 910); an image recognition system; a triangulation system; a propagation time measuring system, particularly for 1-, 2- or 3-dimensional propagation time mea…